The MTA panel examined safety and maintenance practices at Metro-North, the Long Island Rail Road and the city’s subway system. It found that the “safety culture” at the LIRR and the subway system “appears to be performing fairly well.”

But at Metro-North, the panel said, “there is strong evidence to suggest that this is not the case.”

The panel identified tension between train operations and maintenance at all three agencies but said the issue is “magnified” at Metro-North, where on-time performance has been paramount.

Officials at the railroad, which connects the city to its northern suburbs and Connecticut, have said they are working to improve safety practices.

Riders are weighing in on findings from a new report saying Metro-North has sacrificed safety for on-time performance.

The findings of the report aren’t surprising to George, who rides the train from Midtown to Spuyten Duyvil once a week to visit his son.

“The MTA has been very lax about safety instead of other considerations,” he told WCBS 880’s Monica Miller